Homosexuals in the Armed Forces
On June 28th we remember the police riot with which the clients of a NY bar said no more to police mistreatment, and since 1969 more cities and countries have been adding themselves to this commemoration. There are also dates to demand the rights of women, African-origin groups, and other traditionally mistreated social sectors.
We have advanced! Every day more spaces give less resistance to differences, to sexual orientations and gender identities. On of the institutions where it has been most difficult to find respect and tolerance is the Armed Forces.
Two weeks ago, the Minister of National Defense of Uruguay, José Bayardi, at the close of the seminar on "The military institution and the State of Law: Military Justice and Discipline." assured that the fact of homosexuality does not alter the honor of the Armed Forces, recognizing that within them there are persons with these sexual orientations: Homosexuality o Homogenitality
With these affirmations we find that there are advances in the change of imagination, without abandoning the multiple forms of masculinity and homosexuality also awaiting that transsexual can enjoy being within and can act within the military institution without staying within the gender roles imposed by culture, religion and society.
Germán Humberto Rincón Perfetti
Bogotá - Colombia
On June 28th we remember the police riot with which the clients of a NY bar said no more to police mistreatment, and since 1969 more cities and countries have been adding themselves to this commemoration. There are also dates to demand the rights of women, African-origin groups, and other traditionally mistreated social sectors.
We have advanced! Every day more spaces give less resistance to differences, to sexual orientations and gender identities. On of the institutions where it has been most difficult to find respect and tolerance is the Armed Forces.
Two weeks ago, the Minister of National Defense of Uruguay, José Bayardi, at the close of the seminar on "The military institution and the State of Law: Military Justice and Discipline." assured that the fact of homosexuality does not alter the honor of the Armed Forces, recognizing that within them there are persons with these sexual orientations: Homosexuality o Homogenitality
With these affirmations we find that there are advances in the change of imagination, without abandoning the multiple forms of masculinity and homosexuality also awaiting that transsexual can enjoy being within and can act within the military institution without staying within the gender roles imposed by culture, religion and society.
Germán Humberto Rincón Perfetti
Bogotá - Colombia
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